Poultry-roost.



D. E. LINDBLOOM.

POULTRY RQOST. APPLICATION man FEB. 13, 1914.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 00., WASHINGTON. n. (:v

DAVID EDWIN LINDBLOOM, OF MoPI-IERSON, KANSAS.

POULTRY-BOOST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented-June 13, 1916.

Application filed February 13, 1914. Serial No. 818,442.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID EDWIN LIND- BLOOM, a citizen of the United States, resid ing at McPherson, in the county of McPherson and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Poultry-Boosts, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a combined roost and re ceiver for the droppings, which can be easily cleansed, and thus maintained in sanitary condition and free from insects.

A further object is to provide a structure of this character that is exceedingly simple, can be conveniently handled, and can be set up or taken down with ease and eX- pedition.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is an end elevation of one embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View therethrough on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. l is a view similar to Fig. 1, but illustrating a different type of support.

Similar reference numerals designate cor responding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment disclosed, the roosts are designated 5, and associated with each, is a dropping tray 6. This tray is formed of sheet metal, preferably galvanized iron, having upturned margins 7 forming retaining walls. The roosts are supported at their ends by brackets 8 having divergent legs 9 provided with offset terminals 10 that rest upon the bottom of the tray. The upper ends of these brackets are provided with recessed seats 11 that receive the roosts 5, and said roosts are secured in place by bolts or other fasteners 12.

Where long roosts are employed, one or more intermediate supporting standards 13 may be employed, having offset terminals l l, the lower of which rests upon the tray, while the upper is secured by a fastener 15 to the roost. Disposed transversely against the under side of each tray, at the ends thereof, are channel braces 16 that are located directly beneath the brackets 8, and rivets or other fasteners 17 pass through the said braces, the bottom of the tray and the offset ends 10 of the brackets thus serving to secure all three together.

For the purpose of supporting the trays and roosts, spaced horizontal bars 18 are employed, and in the form illustrated in Fig. 1, these bars are each provided at one end with an upstanding ear 19 secured, as shown at 20, toone wall of the poultry house. The opposite end of the bar has a downturned portion constituting a standard 21 provided with an offset foot 22 secured by a screw or other fastener 23 to the floor. In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 4, the supporting bar, designated 18 is suspended from hangers 19 having offset upper ends 20 secured by screws or other fasteners 21 to the ceiling.

In use, it will be evident, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4, that a plurality of trays with the roosts thereon, can be located side by side. They can be made of any length desired, as will be evident, but in any event, it will be obvious that they can be easily placed upon the supports or removed therefrom, and as each tray with its roost is independent of the others, it constitutes a unit that can be easily and expeditiously manipulated, for the roost being located over the center of each tray, constitutes a handle for carrying the same. The structure is exceedingly simple, and can be cheaply manufactured. In this connection, it will be noted that the channel bars 16 perform a plurality of functions. In the first place, they constitute reinforcements for the fasteners that hold the roost to the tray; they act as transverse braces for the tray, and serve as keepers that engage the supports for preventing the accidental displacement of the units when positioned on said supports.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minor details of construction, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a structure of the character described, the combination with a tray, of a roost supported thereover, transverse keeper braces disposed on the under side of the tray and connected with the roost, and suproost supported thereover, channel keeper 7 braces secured to the under side of the bottom of the tray, and supports for the tray detachably engaging in the channels of the keeper braces.

3. In a structure of the character described, the combination With a tray, of a r my hand in presence of two subscribing Witroost mounted thereon, braces for the'tray located beneath the same, and fasteners for the roost'passing through the tray and engaging the braces to secure the same in place.- 1

4. In astructure of the character de- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for porting brackets'for the roost mounted on I the tray, fasteners passing through the brackets, the tray and the channel braces, and supports for the tray and'roost each detachably engaged in the channel braces.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set LrNDBLooM.

five cents each by addressing the Commissioner of Ia'tents,

Washington, D. 0." 

